My Reckless Heart by Jo Goodman

Book description:

Decker Thorne’s carefree ways have done little to impress his employer, Jonna Remington, the poised and unflappable owner of Remington Shipping. But when he captains her best ship on a record-breaking voyage and saves her life in the same day, their destinies are breathlessly intertwined. No man has ever made the violet-eyed beauty feel desired for anything other than her money or power. No man ever made her want to be kissed. . .or loved.

And when an unseen enemy lurking in the shadows threatens Jonna’s life, Decker will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means abducting her aboard Huntress, the ship she owns but he commands. Now, swept into a thrilling high seas adventure and into Decker’s strong embrace, Jonna suddenly finds herself surrendering to reckless passion. . .dangerously close to losing her heart.

Against the teeming ports of Boston, and across the sea to London, two people will navigate the uncharted waters of their own hearts – on a voyage that will take them to the most glorious place of all. . .

Jo Goodman continues to be a revelation to me. I can not get enough of this author. I haven’t felt this sort of book anticipation since I discovered authors like Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, or Linda Howard.

My Reckless Heart is the second book in the Thorne Brothers trilogy. MRH is the story of Decker Thorne, the middle brother who was four years old when his parents were murdered. Old enough to remember his parents and brothers, but young enough to embrace the couple that took him from the orphanage, Decker really didn’t understand that he may not see his brothers again.

After reuniting with Colin, Decker left England to go to Boston. When he arrived, he hired on with Reminington Shipping. It wasn’t until years later that he was made Captain of his ship and even that was not at the behest of Jonna Remington. Jonna has long since given up hope that Decker is anything like Colin. Never seeming to care about anything more than his own pleasure, Jonna gave little thought to Decker. It wasn’t until he saved her life that she was forced to take a closer look. Even then, she wasn’t sure she was seeing the real Decker Thorne.

Decker was an enigmatic hero. He always looked amused about something. Or he seemed to just not care one way or another. I don’t know how Jonna stood it without clobbering him. Of course as I was reading it, I knew exactly what he was thinking. Too bad she didn’t. LOL. Really, I loved the dynamic of the relationship between these two. Jonna had spent 15 years running Remington Shipping. In all that time, she was wary of men that seemed interested in her. Because she was so business oriented, she didn’t realize how elusive she was to men. Though she is attracted to Decker, she is wary of that attraction considering that he is little more than a thief.

As in most Goodman books, there is more going on than meets the eye. Jonna is a conductor of an Underground Station in which she helps runaway slaves that have come from the South. She’s very aware of the fact that she will lose a majority of her business if it ever came to light that she helped these men and women. Decker is also involved in a way that was completely unexpected (again, only to me I’m sure). Decker and Jonna have much more in common than Jonna first realizes.

This was another great book by Goodman. I was hooked from page 1, yet again. I’m currently reading the 3rd and final book in this trilogy and hope to review it sometime this week.

5 out of 5.